Re:Show HN: Find and Play Podcasts in Your Browser
by jag0 on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @01:04PM
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Sounds good. This will definitely be a service I keep my eye on as it grows.
One more thing, do you have a playlist feature planned?
Re:Show HN: Find and Play Podcasts in Your Browser
by mmahemoff on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @01:30PM
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I don't have any plans at present as I think the channel concept covers at least some of the use cases, as long as people can create multiple channels. You'll notice Player FM keeps playing through the channel once it finishes an episode, so it's a kind of playlist.
What kind of playlist did you have in mind?
1. Yes, curating the featured channels is an ongoing process and ultimately users will be able to curate channels too, beyond their main channel containing their subscriptions. (The mechanism is already in place behind the scenes as all the featured channels are owned by a single "featured" user.) If you have any specific suggestions, please list them here or mail [email protected], thanks.
2. Agree - similar to YouTube's time-based URLs. For sharing a point in the podcast as well as resuming. I think it would be nice to bookmark a time range as well, for sharing/commentary purposes.
3. Definitely want to add ratings. This would be cool for a given podcast series as in iTunes, but an extra benefit here is you'd be able to see how a user rated things in their own channel too.